| AR and UR |
Tue, 11 October 2005 04:55  |
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 Robert |
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Registered: November 2002
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| SinicalIdealist wrote on Fri, 09 September 2005 04:14 |
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Later game the IFE does little good, while other LRTs do more. For example (imo underrated) UR is lovely for slots and quick boosts to frontiers throughout game (eg need a gate or armed stardock in hurry).
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UR is underrated for a reason: It's benefit is far outweighed by its cost.
It's great for throwing resources at a distant colony for a non-IT, but you have to throw a TON of resources at that colony. From there, add in how much you could improve your economy with the 100 some odd RW points UR costs. I could see some potential use for UR w/ certain HPs.
-Gakl
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I have to disagree here!
UR is expensive yes, but not that expensive. It depends on your play style - if you go for max resources it does not help, but it really helps to speed up the growth!
There will be a point in the game when you have most planets well built up and some very bad yellows left (say -15% or worse).
To get them to work quickly UR does really help, of course one should not plan to double the resource-output of such a planet, but a 50% gain is achieved quite easisly. And if you got some old designs anyway (or scrappers) then it is more or less "for free".
I have some posting somewhere here which shows the boost and gives some numbers about that... it is significant, really!
Another nice tactical advantage is that you can nearly double the output on a planet if needed (and "gate" mins). This can be used to finish a big starbase, produce a large mineral packet on a relatively small planet, build defenses etc...
Dont get me wrong: UR will of course not increase overall resources, UR does not really help to have an increase in minerals when scrapping (the bonus is not that great) and also scrapping ships from other players is usually not worht it (so trade obsolate designs from allies)...
But it is the best method to speed up small planets and have one more tactical advantage...
UR is IMHO the most underestimated LRT in th
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